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<div><h1 class="article-title">What are the Grading and Feedback options for an assessment?</h1></div>
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    <p><strong>Grading and Feedback</strong> includes options such as whether to send grades to the Gradebook, the score that is recorded if a student has multiple submissions, and the types of feedback you make available to students. For more information on additional assessment settings, see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiviewandmodifythesettingsofanassessment">How do I view and modify the settings of an assessment?</a></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">In the assessment Settings page, click Grading and Feedback.</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Recording Options for Multiple Submissions</h3>
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    <p>If multiple submissions are allowed, you can choose to record the <strong>highest</strong> <strong>score, </strong>the <strong>last score</strong>, or an <strong>average score</strong> of all a student's submissions. The default setting is to record the<strong> highest score</strong>. If you allow multiple attempts, select the type of score that you want to be recorded for that assessment.</p>
<p><em>Note: If you choose the option to Allow Retake for a student, and the assessment only allows one submission, the submission you'll see will depend on the Recorded Score setting. If your assessment includes manually graded questions, and you already graded it before allowing the student to retake it, the highest score will most likely be the first submission. You might need to change an assessment setting (either the Recorded Score or number of submissions allowed) after all the students have completed the assessment to view the retake results.</em></p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Anonymous Grading (Optional)</h3>
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    <p>The default setting here is that students' identities can be seen by graders.</p>
<p>However, if you want to the submissions with submission IDs only, check the box next to<strong> Hide student identity from grader</strong>.</p>
<p><em>Note: The Anonymous grading setting differs from the option to </em><a href="content.hlp?docId=whataretheavailabilityandsubmissionsoptionsforanassessment"><em>release the survey to Anonymous Users</em></a><em>. You CAN change the Anonymous grading setting in the Grading and Feedback section after grading to see the students' names, but you CANNOT change the Assessment Released to Anonymous Users setting. </em></p>
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    <p>Choose if you would like to send the grades to the Gradebook.</p>
<p>The default value is <strong>None</strong>. This will keep the scores visible only within the Tests and Quizzes tool.</p>
<p>Select the <strong>Grades sent to Gradebook </strong>option to create a new gradebook item for the assessment and automatically send scores there, regardless of the feedback date.</p>
<p>Select the <strong>Grades sent to MANUALLY created gradebook</strong> if you have an existing gradebook item that you would like to link to this assessment. You must have existing, manually created gradebook items in order to use this option.</p>
<p><em>Note: If you send grades to the Gradebook, scores will be sent immediately upon submission of the assessment. If you have any questions that are not automatically scored (e.g., short answer/essay, file upload), grades may appear to be artificially low until you enter scores for these questions. You can also wait until after all questions have been graded, and then change the setting for this assessment in the Published Copies tab to send grades to the Gradebook.</em></p>
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    <p>The default option is <strong>Feedback for individual questions</strong>.  This allows the instructor to provide feedback for correct and/or incorrect answers for each question. You may also choose to display <strong>Feedback for specific answer options</strong> or <strong>Feedback for both questions and specific answers</strong>.</p>
<p><em>Note: You must select either <strong>Selection-Level Feedback</strong> or <strong>Both</strong> before authoring or editing a question to be able to enter selection-level feedback on the question editing page.</em></p>
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    <p>If you have chosen either <strong>Question-Level Feedback</strong> or <strong>Both</strong>, you'll be able to type in <em>Correct Answer</em> or <em>Incorrect Answer</em> <em>Feedback</em> when authoring or editing the assessment. <em>Correct Answer</em> <em>Feedback</em> displays if the student selects the correct answer to the question. <em>Incorrect Answer</em> <em>Feedback</em> displays if the student selects an incorrect answer option.</p>
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    <p>If you have chosen either <strong>Feedback for specific answer options (e.g., A, B, C)</strong> or <strong>Feedback for both questions and specific answers</strong> you'll be able to type in a <em>Feedback </em>text box for each answer option when authoring or editing a question.</p>
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    <p>Feedback Delivery controls if and when students are able see their submission results.  </p>
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<strong>No, do not display any feedback to the student </strong>(the default setting) does not display any feedback to the student.</li>
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<strong>Yes, show the student feedback while they are taking the assessment. They can change their answers accordingly. </strong>This setting is recommended for self-tests only, as it will display the answers <em>immediately</em> - PRIOR to the student submitting the assessment.</li>
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<strong>Yes, show feedback on submission</strong> displays feedback to students as soon as they submit the assessment.</li>
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<strong>Yes, show feedback to the student on specific dates </strong>releases assessment feedback upon the date and time specified.</li>
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    <p>If you select <strong>Feedback will be displayed to the student on specific dates </strong>additional options will appear which allow you to specify:</p>
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<li>The start date for feedback display and end date for feedback display</li>
<li>The option to display feedback only to students scoring below a given percentage</li>
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    <p>You can also decide how much feedback you want to release to students.  </p>
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<li>You can choose to <strong>Only display the student's total score (questions not shown) </strong>so that they only see their grade on the assessment, not individual questions.  </li>
<li>Or, you can choose to <strong>Display questions and additional feedback (options expand when selected) </strong>and then select the items that you want students to see from the list that follows. Check the box next to any items you want students to see.  </li>
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<li><em>If you select to give feedback and<strong> Display questions and additional feedback (options expand when selected)</strong>, but do NOT check any of the boxes for the types of feedback to release, students won't see any feedback.</em></li>
<li><em>You can change the feedback settings after an assessment has been completed by going to <strong>Assessment List</strong> in Tests &amp; Quizzes and selecting <strong>Settings</strong> from the drop-down menu for that assessment.</em></li>
<li><em>If you are concerned about students sharing their exam results with one another, you should choose either<strong> Only display the student's total score (questions not shown) </strong>or <strong>Feedback on a specific date </strong>in the feedback type area above. Selecting a feedback date after the closing date for the assessment will prevent students from sharing feedback with other students who have not yet taken the test.</em></li>
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